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Re: Mohammed, An Igbo-American Non Muslim, Was Atlanta Mayor by haqueurate(m): 5:32pm On Apr 14, 2018
FSU:


He asked you guys to google Segun Ogedengbe to learn from him. I just did. Very interesting story and video. Segun said it is better to be a gateman in America than live in Nigeria. And Segun was a well known Afonja nollywood practitioner who was not necessarily the poorest Nigerian before escaping to America to become a security (gate) man.
nice model for you guyz considering you ppl are from the most Unlivable part of the "shithole"
pigs and idiots will migrate anywere because it is definately beter than their pigsty villages.
the rest of nigeria will pass, we dash u all the garbage jobs in america

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Re: Mohammed, An Igbo-American Non Muslim, Was Atlanta Mayor by emmysoftyou: 5:33pm On Apr 14, 2018
haqueurate:

out to defend your kid bro?
sorry am busy, go help him clean capitol hill
the same afonja re defending u but I'm here to lay the fact bro.

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Re: Mohammed, An Igbo-American Non Muslim, Was Atlanta Mayor by FSU: 5:40pm On Apr 14, 2018
haqueurate:

nice model for you guyz considering you ppl are from the most Unlivable part of the "shithole"
pigs and idiots will migrate anywere because it is definately beter than their pigsty villages.
the rest of nigeria will pass, we dash u all the garbage jobs in america

Hahaha! Most of the deportees from Libya are Yoruba. 80% of Nigerian criminals in America and UK are also Yoruba. Go to the embassies in Lagos, 90% of those on queues looking to escape are Yorubas. The most malnourished kids in southern Nigeria are Afonjas. Little wonder mining of skull from graves in cemeteries is a big business in SW. That's their only source of protein.

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Re: Mohammed, An Igbo-American Non Muslim, Was Atlanta Mayor by Nobody: 6:27pm On Apr 14, 2018
Adelaide2:


Won't be at all surprised. A lot of prominent African Americans trace their roots to Nigeria and many of those are of Igbo ancestry. Example Forest Withaker, Danny Glover, Rev TD Jakes etc.

Bros, 80% of the ancestors Afro Americans of the Americas, like US Afro Americans, Haitians Afro Brazilians, etc were Igbo. I know you might say how can that be, since you had people sold into slavery from Angola, Congo, etc.

The thing is; there were Igbo slave colonies built in these countries as sought of concentration camps for the Igbo slaves. For instance, the city of Ebo in Angola. The articles below say more ( I think 90% of the findings pass my test:

[b]We proudly maintain that 80% of the ancestors of Afro Americans of the Americas were of Igbo origin. Some came to America directly from Igbo Land. Others had to pass Igbo slave colonies in Angola, Congo, etc.

The ones that came from Bight of Benin were the Lucumis, the Igbo Aborigines of Ile Ife in today’s Yoruba Land.

Indigenous Lucumi speakers can still be found in Aniocha North, in Igbo Land today, even though the language needs to be boosted.

Source: http://afroamerican.igbodefender.com

By

Ishaq D. Al-Sulaimani
Vernon (Alufiel) Grier, Ed.D

THE GREATER IGBO NATION(IDENTIFYING IGBO VARIANTS
DURING THE ERA OF THE SLAVE TRADE)
INTRODUCTION

It is universally recognized that Igbo is the correct spelling of the tribe that currently comprises the majority of the inhabitants of south-eastern Nigeria and of whom are readily associated with the Biafran revolution, however during the time of the Trans Atlantic Slave Trade the”Igbo Nation “ was divided into a number of sub-tribe variant
identities which were most commonly expressed in the Egbo,Egba Ebo and Ibo forms.

The purpose of this writing is to promote the understanding that the majority of the captives taken from Africa for enslavement in the Americas were of Igbo origins by identifying the role of the sub-tribe variants during the slave trade and their recognized status as being part of a once greater and more inclusive Igbo identity.

The majority of Igbo intellectuals continue to teach that the Igbo
variants such as the Ibo,Ebo,and Egbo are European corruptions of
the exclusively indigenous and proper Igbo.

In defense of their claim they often site the words of James Africanus Beale Horton who states that the Igbo spelling is the original of the nation,while avoiding his more detailed description concerning the indigenous usages of Ibo,Ebo and Egbo as it relates to the inhabitants of various towns and regions.

“ Egbo, Igbo, Ebo and Ibo are the various spellings met within books
describing the race that inhabits part of the coast. Amongst the soft Isuama and Elugu the soft Ibo or Ebo is used but amongst the inhabitants of the coast such as Bonny and Okrika the harsher name Egbo is prevalent. In the interior north of the territory the nations are called Igbo which appears more the original name of the inhabitants.” (HORTON 1969:154)

The altering of the name Igbo was initially implemented with the intent
of establishing independence from the “Greater Igbo entity”,while at the same time maintaining the natural ancestral link with the main and originating body.

The often hostile reaction and rejection on the part of the Igbo towards the seceding Egbo, Ebo and Ibo gradually weakened the bonds of brotherhood ultimately resulting in the emergence of such “non-Igbo” tribes as the Efik, Ibibio and Oron of Calabar,the Egba and Igbo-Mina of Yorubaland and the Ewe and Ga of Ghana and the Fongbe of Dahomey.

The altering of the letters in a name to create an independent identity
such as that of Egbo,Ebo,and Ibo which at some “ ancient “ point derived out of the original Igbo continued after the Biafran War in regards to the Iwerre people as pointed out by Professor Ben O. Nwabueze.

“ It is well to note that of the Igbo border communities in Benue State
as well as those in and around Port Hacourt now strenuously disclaim
their Igbo identity. This disclaimer is manifest in practical terms by the
latter changing their names of their villages by prefixing them with a “ R “ so that Umuokoro becomes Rumuokoro, Umuigbo becomes Rumuigbo, Umumasi becomes Rumumasi,Umukorusha becomes Rumukorosha and so on. The intention is to make them not look or sound like Igbo names.”

Throughout this presentation I will be using Igbo as an umbrella term
describing the tribe in a general sense and as a specific reference for the majority of the tribe presently inhabiting Southeastern Nigeria and of whom are readily associated with the Biafran revolution. Egbo will primarily refer to the Efik and Ibibio also known as the Cross River or Ekpe Tribes.

The term Ebo will refer to the Igbo descended Mina Tribes of Ghana and Benin(Dahomey) which include the Ewe, Fon(Fongbe) and the Ga-Adangbe. The Ebo classification will also include the Igbo descended captives of Angola, while Ibo will be applied historically to the “ Western Igbo “ and those of Mozambique.

Egba will be used to describe the largest Igbo descended tribe living in
Yorubaland (Southwest Nigeria) inhabiting the Osugun State,while Igbo-Mina will address another Igbo descended tribe living in the Kwara State of Yorubaland.

Igbos from Angola were also known as Ebo.
The city Ebo still exists in Angola. The Gullah whose name derives from Angola are an African-American community who live on the Sea Isles off of the coast of Georgia and South Carolina areas which record a majority of Angolan captives.

The Gullah are currently engaged in a strenuous battle to secure a memorial at a site called Ebo Landing. Ebo Landing was named in memory of the countless Ebo who drowned themselves in protest of their enslavement.


Similar to the Igbo of the east,the western Igbo descended Egba were
always known to be revolutionaries in continual revolt against the Colonial British authorities, European missionaries, and their traditional Yoruba enemies being primarily that of the Oyo and Ijebu. In 1929 the Igbo market woman of the east led a tax revolt against the Colonial British Government which became known as the Abia Women’s Tax Revolt. The Egba women carried out a similar tax revolt in 1947 known as the Abeokuta Women’s Tax Revolt of Egba Market Women. The Egba market women were led by Fumilayo Ransome Kuti,a teacher and wife of a prominent Egba educationalist. The protest of over 10,000 Egba women caused the governing authorities to abolish taxes on women for several years and the Alake who conspired with the Colonial authorities spent three years in exile in Oshogbo.

Many of the positive social and ethical traits which are often associated with the Igbo are historically documented as being characteristic of the Egba as well. Robert Campbell who along with Martin Robison Delaney signed a pact with Egba leaders for the right of resettlement of African – Americans to “ Egbaland” states that the Egba are the most industrious people on the face of the earth.(Burton 1863:101)

James Africanus Beale Horton concerning the Egba(Akus):
“ It must be admitted without question that there are no people on the coast who are so hard working and so long suffering in proportion to what they expect in return. “ He also went on to say that the Egba as a race are amongst the most industrious, perservering and hard working people on the coast of Africa.(Horton 1969:149)

In terms of education the Egba like the Igbo are deserving of great acclaim. The first Black-African to receive a nobel prize in Literature was an Egba man named Wole Soyinka who like the Igbo actively opposed the Nigerian Government during the Biafran War. Soyinka was detained by agents of the state between 1967 and 1969.

In this regard Booker T. Washington whose middle name Tanifeani attests to Egba origins should be noted as the founder of the famous Tuskeegee Institute.

In Brazil an organized Ibo revolt led to the establishment of the Independent “Ibo Republic” of Palmares which lasted 45 years. Being consistent with “ Igbo resistance “ Palmares ended in a massive suicide of Ibo warriors who preferred death to capture. The city Ibotirama testifies to a strong Ibo presence in the region,however as in the case of Haiti, Afro-Brazilian culture and religious practices are more readily associated with that of the “ Yoruba “(Egba) including
the worship of Legba.

Olukwumu is spoken in Brazil and interestingly enough in a few Western Ibo communities such as Anioma, Idumu-ogu,Ubulubu,Ugbodu,Ugboba and Okwumuzu.In fact communities bearing the name Olukwumu(Olukumi) still exist amongst the Western Ibo. Although this dialect cannot be found in the Yoruba heartland it remains in reference as a “ lost dialect of the Yoruba Language”. All of the above clearly indicates that many of the captives in Brazil including those who successfully revolted in the establishment of

Palmares were of western Ibo origins and like the Egba are being mistakenly classified as Yoruba. In Brazil the Western Ibo were accompanied by a massive importing of Ebos from Angola and Ibos from Mozambique,the latter further accounting for the dominant and preferable Ibo usage amongst the Brazilian captives.

In Cuba the Olukwumu were referred to as the Olukumi,Lukumi or Akumi. The Egba have traditionally resisted identification with the term Yoruba preferring to be called Egbas or Akus. Slaves in Cuba known as the Lukumi or Akumi meaning of the Egba people were well known for suicide resistance which often found them hanging from the branches of the Guasima trees. This being very similar to the “Igbo” resisters of Haiti who were likewise remembered for suicide resistance as understood in the Haitian saying; Ebos pend cor a yo
meaning the Ebos hang themselves. The relationship between the names Olukwumu and Olukumi with that of Akumi (Aku or Egba) further solidifies the common origins which link the Western Ibo and the Egba peoples.

The Egba who like the Igbo were originally known as forest dwellers are
acknowledged to have been at one time living east of their present day location.

The process which led to the vanquished links of brotherhood between the Igbo and the Egba can be characterized by the often strained relations that currently exist between some of the eastern and western Igbo communities of today.
[/b] Read the whole thing here: http://www.igbodefender.com/2018/04/14/​the-greater-igbo-nation-by-ishaq-d-al-sulaimani/#more-738
Re: Mohammed, An Igbo-American Non Muslim, Was Atlanta Mayor by Westbestside: 6:47pm On Apr 14, 2018
FSU:


Hahaha! Most of the deportees from Libya are Yoruba. 80% of Nigerian criminals in America and UK are also Yoruba. Go to the embassies in Lagos, 90% of those on queues looking to escape are Yorubas. The most malnourished kids in southern Nigeria are Afonjas. Little wonder mining of skull from grabes in cemeteries is a big business in SW. That's their only source of protein.
But why do igbos eat human flesh? Let talk reality. Why?

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Re: Mohammed, An Igbo-American Non Muslim, Was Atlanta Mayor by Yorubaskullmine: 6:54pm On Apr 14, 2018
From the comments i have read, it is without doubt that the yoruba nation are truly cursed souls who hates to see people succeed.

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Re: Mohammed, An Igbo-American Non Muslim, Was Atlanta Mayor by FSU: 8:13pm On Apr 14, 2018
Re: Mohammed, An Igbo-American Non Muslim, Was Atlanta Mayor by proudlyYoruba(m): 8:24pm On Apr 14, 2018
igbodefender:


Bros, 80% of the ancestors Afro Americans of the Americas, like US Afro Americans, Haitians Afro Brazilians, etc were Igbo. I know you might say how can that be, since you had people sold into slavery from Angola, Congo, etc.

The thing is; there were Igbo slave colonies built in these countries as sought of concentration camps for the Igbo slaves. For instance, the city of Ebo in Angola. The articles below say more ( I think 90% of the findings pass my test:

[b]We proudly maintain that 80% of the ancestors of Afro Americans of the Americas were of Igbo origin. Some came to America directly from Igbo Land. Others had to pass Igbo slave colonies in Angola, Congo, etc.

The ones that came from Bight of Benin were the Lucumis, the Igbo Aborigines of Ile Ife in today’s Yoruba Land.

Indigenous Lucumi speakers can still be found in Aniocha North, in Igbo Land today, even though the language needs to be boosted.

Source: http://afroamerican.igbodefender.com

By

Ishaq D. Al-Sulaimani
Vernon (Alufiel) Grier, Ed.D

THE GREATER IGBO NATION(IDENTIFYING IGBO VARIANTS
DURING THE ERA OF THE SLAVE TRADE)
INTRODUCTION

It is universally recognized that Igbo is the correct spelling of the tribe that currently comprises the majority of the inhabitants of south-eastern Nigeria and of whom are readily associated with the Biafran revolution, however during the time of the Trans Atlantic Slave Trade the”Igbo Nation “ was divided into a number of sub-tribe variant
identities which were most commonly expressed in the Egbo,Egba Ebo and Ibo forms.

The purpose of this writing is to promote the understanding that the majority of the captives taken from Africa for enslavement in the Americas were of Igbo origins by identifying the role of the sub-tribe variants during the slave trade and their recognized status as being part of a once greater and more inclusive Igbo identity.

The majority of Igbo intellectuals continue to teach that the Igbo
variants such as the Ibo,Ebo,and Egbo are European corruptions of
the exclusively indigenous and proper Igbo.

In defense of their claim they often site the words of James Africanus Beale Horton who states that the Igbo spelling is the original of the nation,while avoiding his more detailed description concerning the indigenous usages of Ibo,Ebo and Egbo as it relates to the inhabitants of various towns and regions.

“ Egbo, Igbo, Ebo and Ibo are the various spellings met within books
describing the race that inhabits part of the coast. Amongst the soft Isuama and Elugu the soft Ibo or Ebo is used but amongst the inhabitants of the coast such as Bonny and Okrika the harsher name Egbo is prevalent. In the interior north of the territory the nations are called Igbo which appears more the original name of the inhabitants.” (HORTON 1969:154)

The altering of the name Igbo was initially implemented with the intent
of establishing independence from the “Greater Igbo entity”,while at the same time maintaining the natural ancestral link with the main and originating body.

The often hostile reaction and rejection on the part of the Igbo towards the seceding Egbo, Ebo and Ibo gradually weakened the bonds of brotherhood ultimately resulting in the emergence of such “non-Igbo” tribes as the Efik, Ibibio and Oron of Calabar,the Egba and Igbo-Mina of Yorubaland and the Ewe and Ga of Ghana and the Fongbe of Dahomey.

The altering of the letters in a name to create an independent identity
such as that of Egbo,Ebo,and Ibo which at some “ ancient “ point derived out of the original Igbo continued after the Biafran War in regards to the Iwerre people as pointed out by Professor Ben O. Nwabueze.

“ It is well to note that of the Igbo border communities in Benue State
as well as those in and around Port Hacourt now strenuously disclaim
their Igbo identity. This disclaimer is manifest in practical terms by the
latter changing their names of their villages by prefixing them with a “ R “ so that Umuokoro becomes Rumuokoro, Umuigbo becomes Rumuigbo, Umumasi becomes Rumumasi,Umukorusha becomes Rumukorosha and so on. The intention is to make them not look or sound like Igbo names.”

Throughout this presentation I will be using Igbo as an umbrella term
describing the tribe in a general sense and as a specific reference for the majority of the tribe presently inhabiting Southeastern Nigeria and of whom are readily associated with the Biafran revolution. Egbo will primarily refer to the Efik and Ibibio also known as the Cross River or Ekpe Tribes.

The term Ebo will refer to the Igbo descended Mina Tribes of Ghana and Benin(Dahomey) which include the Ewe, Fon(Fongbe) and the Ga-Adangbe. The Ebo classification will also include the Igbo descended captives of Angola, while Ibo will be applied historically to the “ Western Igbo “ and those of Mozambique.

Egba will be used to describe the largest Igbo descended tribe living in
Yorubaland (Southwest Nigeria) inhabiting the Osugun State,while Igbo-Mina will address another Igbo descended tribe living in the Kwara State of Yorubaland.

Igbos from Angola were also known as Ebo.
The city Ebo still exists in Angola. The Gullah whose name derives from Angola are an African-American community who live on the Sea Isles off of the coast of Georgia and South Carolina areas which record a majority of Angolan captives.

The Gullah are currently engaged in a strenuous battle to secure a memorial at a site called Ebo Landing. Ebo Landing was named in memory of the countless Ebo who drowned themselves in protest of their enslavement.


Similar to the Igbo of the east,the western Igbo descended Egba were
always known to be revolutionaries in continual revolt against the Colonial British authorities, European missionaries, and their traditional Yoruba enemies being primarily that of the Oyo and Ijebu. In 1929 the Igbo market woman of the east led a tax revolt against the Colonial British Government which became known as the Abia Women’s Tax Revolt. The Egba women carried out a similar tax revolt in 1947 known as the Abeokuta Women’s Tax Revolt of Egba Market Women. The Egba market women were led by Fumilayo Ransome Kuti,a teacher and wife of a prominent Egba educationalist. The protest of over 10,000 Egba women caused the governing authorities to abolish taxes on women for several years and the Alake who conspired with the Colonial authorities spent three years in exile in Oshogbo.

Many of the positive social and ethical traits which are often associated with the Igbo are historically documented as being characteristic of the Egba as well. Robert Campbell who along with Martin Robison Delaney signed a pact with Egba leaders for the right of resettlement of African – Americans to “ Egbaland” states that the Egba are the most industrious people on the face of the earth.(Burton 1863:101)

James Africanus Beale Horton concerning the Egba(Akus):
“ It must be admitted without question that there are no people on the coast who are so hard working and so long suffering in proportion to what they expect in return. “ He also went on to say that the Egba as a race are amongst the most industrious, perservering and hard working people on the coast of Africa.(Horton 1969:149)

In terms of education the Egba like the Igbo are deserving of great acclaim. The first Black-African to receive a nobel prize in Literature was an Egba man named Wole Soyinka who like the Igbo actively opposed the Nigerian Government during the Biafran War. Soyinka was detained by agents of the state between 1967 and 1969.

In this regard Booker T. Washington whose middle name Tanifeani attests to Egba origins should be noted as the founder of the famous Tuskeegee Institute.

In Brazil an organized Ibo revolt led to the establishment of the Independent “Ibo Republic” of Palmares which lasted 45 years. Being consistent with “ Igbo resistance “ Palmares ended in a massive suicide of Ibo warriors who preferred death to capture. The city Ibotirama testifies to a strong Ibo presence in the region,however as in the case of Haiti, Afro-Brazilian culture and religious practices are more readily associated with that of the “ Yoruba “(Egba) including
the worship of Legba.

Olukwumu is spoken in Brazil and interestingly enough in a few Western Ibo communities such as Anioma, Idumu-ogu,Ubulubu,Ugbodu,Ugboba and Okwumuzu.In fact communities bearing the name Olukwumu(Olukumi) still exist amongst the Western Ibo. Although this dialect cannot be found in the Yoruba heartland it remains in reference as a “ lost dialect of the Yoruba Language”. All of the above clearly indicates that many of the captives in Brazil including those who successfully revolted in the establishment of

Palmares were of western Ibo origins and like the Egba are being mistakenly classified as Yoruba. In Brazil the Western Ibo were accompanied by a massive importing of Ebos from Angola and Ibos from Mozambique,the latter further accounting for the dominant and preferable Ibo usage amongst the Brazilian captives.

In Cuba the Olukwumu were referred to as the Olukumi,Lukumi or Akumi. The Egba have traditionally resisted identification with the term Yoruba preferring to be called Egbas or Akus. Slaves in Cuba known as the Lukumi or Akumi meaning of the Egba people were well known for suicide resistance which often found them hanging from the branches of the Guasima trees. This being very similar to the “Igbo” resisters of Haiti who were likewise remembered for suicide resistance as understood in the Haitian saying; Ebos pend cor a yo
meaning the Ebos hang themselves. The relationship between the names Olukwumu and Olukumi with that of Akumi (Aku or Egba) further solidifies the common origins which link the Western Ibo and the Egba peoples.

The Egba who like the Igbo were originally known as forest dwellers are
acknowledged to have been at one time living east of their present day location.

The process which led to the vanquished links of brotherhood between the Igbo and the Egba can be characterized by the often strained relations that currently exist between some of the eastern and western Igbo communities of today.
[/b] Read the whole thing here: http://www.igbodefender.com/2018/04/14/​the-greater-igbo-nation-by-ishaq-d-al-sulaimani/#more-738
U guys should always take it easy with the figures. Igbo is just 1 out of the over 100 nations in West Africa. We haven't even discussed the other sub saharan nation. Bro, and Lukumis are Yorubas. The term ‘Yorùbá’ – and the idea of a united Yorùbá people - came into use in this period of time. Slaves usually were registered with their ‘nation’ at the arriving ports. In Brazil the Yorùbá became known as ‘Nagô’, named after a region in current day Benin Republic known to the Portuguese traders. In Cuba they were called ‘Lukumí’, as there was a region in Yorubaland no European ever visited, but was marked on old maps, known as the kingdom of ‘Ulkami, Ulcumi or Lucamee’. In Sierra Leone they were called the ‘Aku’ people, a name they got from the other creoles because of the frequent greeting ‘Ẹ kú (‘ṣẹ́). And I am not saying bullshit, I have 600 paged of Miguel Ramos in partial fulfillment of his Doctor of Philosophy. Titled Lucumí (Yoruba) Culture in Cuba: A Reevaluation (1830S -1940s).
Modified
I just browsed through the article u attached, are u insinuating the Yorubas and Igbos are the same or what. Summarize it is too much

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Re: Mohammed, An Igbo-American Non Muslim, Was Atlanta Mayor by FSU: 8:35pm On Apr 14, 2018
Most AAs were from West Africa, and a good number of them have Igbo lineage. Of course there are Yoruba, Togo, Ghana, etc ancestries too.

The non west African AAs were from Gabon and Angola, Cameroon, etc.

The Hollywood actor Samuel L Jackson has traced his ancestry to Gabon.

It would be bare-faced false for any single African ethnic group to claim even 60% AA. Otherwise that group should be held responsible for committing and facilitating human slavery. After all, there is no evidence that white people came into the African hinterland to raid and capture Africans. It was Africans who raided, captured, and sold themselves to equally willing and despicable white slave co-traders waiting on their ships at the Atlantic coasts.
Re: Mohammed, An Igbo-American Non Muslim, Was Atlanta Mayor by proudlyYoruba(m): 8:46pm On Apr 14, 2018
@igbodedender, the article u attached is balderdash. All full of projections. The reason the Egbas resisted the name 'Yoruba' is cause it was given to the Oyo peninsular by an outside. A short summary: Yorùbá is a word the British colonizers borrowed from the Hausa to describe a group of West African people who share similarities in their language and culture. They handed the word over to the freed slaves in Sierra Leone, who returned with this idea in their heads to their homeland city Èkó. There they met influential repatriated slaves from Brazil and together with the local indigenous inhabitants, in a new sociopolitical structure shaped by the interests of the British colonizers, they made ‘Yorùbá’ to their instrument to overcome colonial oppression and formed a united, transatlantic, collective identity, a community based on plurality and tolerating the synchrony of sometimes opposing forces. Yorùbá as a self-conscious ethnic group is a rather recent phenomenon in history (Orishaimage). The quest for authenticity is a reason for conflicts among different associations, but there never was one single ‘Yorùbá’ identity. The ‘Yorùbá’ always were many. Like an onion with its different layers. Peel some layers off, or let it grow some more, it remains an onion, without losing its form, its 'identity'. In this fluid concept the core just does not matter at all. In my opinion this plurality, directly linked to polytheism, is the big advantage of Yorùbá culture. Yorùbá welcomes newly acquired concepts and is more accepting than other cultures, I think. This is also an explanation why a foreign Austrian artist was allowed to refurbish holy and ancient Orisha shrines in a very distinct and new style, which, only a few decades later, became known as a UNESCO world heritage of the Yorùbá people. The world needs more of this attitude (Orishaimage). The word 'YORUBA' was later popularized by an Egba Samuel Ajayi crowther pls get ur history right?

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Re: Mohammed, An Igbo-American Non Muslim, Was Atlanta Mayor by proudlyYoruba(m): 8:49pm On Apr 14, 2018
FSU:
Most AAs were from West Africa, and a good number of them have Igbo lineage. Of course there are Yoruba, Togo, Ghana, etc ancestries too.

The non west African AAs were from Gabon and Angola, Cameroon, etc.

The Hollywood actor Samuel L Jackson has traced his ancestry to Gabon.

It would be bare-faced false for any single African ethnic group to claim even 60% AA. Otherwise that group should be held responsible for committing and facilitating human slavery. After all, there is no evidence that white people came into the African hinterland to raid and capture Africans. It was Africans who raided, captured, and sold themselves to equally willing and despicable white slave co-traders waiting on their ships at the Atlantic coasts.
Yeah, u are right bruv. Nice submission
Re: Mohammed, An Igbo-American Non Muslim, Was Atlanta Mayor by FSU: 9:21pm On Apr 14, 2018
proudlyYoruba:
Yeah, u are right bruv. Nice submission
There is a prison in Louisiana named Angola. It was a slave plantation during the slave era converted to prison after slavery abolition. It was so named because most of the slaves were from Angola.

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Re: Mohammed, An Igbo-American Non Muslim, Was Atlanta Mayor by Westbestside: 10:46pm On Apr 14, 2018
FSU:

Fixed
http://nigeriavillagesquare.com/forum/threads/hidden-nigerian-culture-exposed-almost-unbelievable.38377/
You don't need to edit anything. People saw what I wrote down. Google do not lie. Why do igbos eat human being. How manage, how does human flesh sweet for una mouth?
Re: Mohammed, An Igbo-American Non Muslim, Was Atlanta Mayor by Prinzyy: 11:49pm On Apr 14, 2018
grin grin grin grin cheesy cheesy grin
FSU:


Hahaha! Most of the deportees from Libya are Yoruba. 80% of Nigerian criminals in America and UK are also Yoruba. Go to the embassies in Lagos, 90% of those on queues looking to escape are Yorubas. The most malnourished kids in southern Nigeria are Afonjas. Little wonder mining of skull from graves in cemeteries is a big business in SW. That's their only source of protein.
Re: Mohammed, An Igbo-American Non Muslim, Was Atlanta Mayor by Prinzyy: 12:00am On Apr 15, 2018
Westbestside:
But why do igbos eat human flesh? Let talk reality. Why?
try harder bro.
Re: Mohammed, An Igbo-American Non Muslim, Was Atlanta Mayor by Xander85: 12:59am On Apr 15, 2018
Adelaide2:


Specifically Enugu. I have a friend from Enugu who could pass exactly for him, facially.

He does bear a striking resemblance to a younger Chimaroke Nnamani.
Re: Mohammed, An Igbo-American Non Muslim, Was Atlanta Mayor by ibotic(f): 5:07am On Apr 15, 2018
emmysoftyou:
dont you understand his message? He's not a janitor but a janitor in USA is better than your professor in Nigeria crying for unpaid salary from the zoo govt..

Such thinking can only exist in the mind of an iPob thug... grin grin
Re: Mohammed, An Igbo-American Non Muslim, Was Atlanta Mayor by emmysoftyou: 1:21pm On Apr 15, 2018
ibotic:


Such thinking can only exist in the mind of an iPob thug... grin grin
boi who are you to quote me?

Oboy no mention again o..

I no get ur time now..
Re: Mohammed, An Igbo-American Non Muslim, Was Atlanta Mayor by ibotic(f): 3:51pm On Apr 16, 2018
emmysoftyou:
boi who are you to quote me?

Oboy no mention again o..

I no get ur time now..

Oh sharrapp...ipob thugs everywhere these days... embarassed

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